ufan

Meaning

1. above

   ...mid ðǣre hē wæs ofset fram ðām hnolle ufan ōð his fōtwylmas neoðan.

   ...with which he was afflicted from the crown above to the soles of his feet below.

   c. 992, Ælfric, "The Passion of the Apostles Simon and Jude"

2. from above

   ...And ǣrest āmet ufan tō grunde and hū sīd sē swarta ēðm sēo.

   ...and first measure from above to its ground, how wide the black vapour is.

   Caedmon's metrical paraphrase

3. down

   Ic ðē secge, for ðām ðe hēo locað ufan on helle.

   I tell thee, because it looketh down on hell.

   The Dialogue of Adrian and Ritheus

4. upon

   Ðā siððan hē yrre wæs and ġewundod, hē ofsloh micel þæs folces: þæt ǣġðer ġe þā forwurdon, þe him on ufan wǣran, ġe ēac þā ōðre elpendas sticade and gremede, þæt þā ēac mǣst ealle forwurdon, þe þǣr on ufan wǣron.

   Then afterwards he was angry and wounded, he slew many of the people: that both those perished, which were upon on him, and also stabbed and irritated the other elephants, that those also nearly perished, which were upon on there.

   late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans

5. at the top

   Phillippus him dyde heora wīġ unweorð, ōð hyne ān Cwēne scēat þurh þæt þēoh, þæt þæt hors wæs dēad, þe hē on ufan sæt.

   Phillippus did them their battle ignoble, until a queen shot him through the thigh, that the horse was dead, which he sat on at the top.

   late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans